"Sheds light on many aspects of Korean history and culture that have long been ignored. . . . opens doors to further scholarship not only on northern Korean but also on other regions . . . a path-breaking addition to the field of Korean studies."
""The book is a very welcome addition to the literature about the past of the north of Korea... both as an introduction to the historical northern part of Korea as well as an outstanding example of how regional history can be researched and written."
-Felix Siegmund, New Asia Books, September 18 2013
"In our days of jargon-laden publications, the lucidity of the arguments made and the understandable language of all the texts in the volume is noteworthy. One can only congratulate the contributors and the editors for their remarkable success in creating a very informative and approachable book"
-Felix Siegmund, The Newsletter: International Institute for Asian Studies